Natelson Rob Archives - Independence Institute

“Progressives” Challenging U.S. Constitution’s Adoption Should Look In Their Own Backyard 0
- September 23, 2018
State constitutions written or favored by “progressives” also have been proclaimed under dubious circumstances.
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New Case Shows the Supreme Court’s Defense of Constitutional Federalism is Only Tepid 0
- September 12, 2018
. . . Those who adopted the Constitution understood that governance of recreational activities, such as sports, was reserved to the states. Regulation of in-state gambling, like other moral issues, similarly was outside the federal sphere.
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Are Recent “Rescissions” of Article V Applications Valid?0
- August 13, 2018
“The preambles of seven of the nine rescissions show they were based on material mistakes of law and fact.
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Missouri court gets it right on constitutional amendment law 0
- July 31, 2018
“The courts have a long record of applying constitutional amendment law accurately and fairly.”
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What Does It Mean for the Senate to Give Its “Advice and Consent?”0
- July 18, 2018
“During the 18th century, when “advice” . . . appeared in the same phrase with the preposition “with,” the word meant deliberation or consideration.”
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II Court Brief Uphold’s Founders’ View of Electoral College 0
- July 18, 2018
But a “friend of the court” brief filed by the Independence Institute has shredded one of the key defenses.
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